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Nearest Communities to Betts,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Betts, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Betts:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Betts is located in Davison County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Davison County: Aurora, Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson & Sanborn.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 45 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Betts. Of these communities, 39 are located in counties other than Davison County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Betts (which is Davison County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Betts

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Davison County   (where Betts resides)
  • Aurora County
    • County Seat for Aurora:   Plankinton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Betts   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Betts.
      • Storla
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Storla is located in Aurora County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storla
        • Population from the 2010 Census: 6 people
      • Stickney
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Plankinton
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Aurora Center
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Aurora Center is located in Aurora County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora Center
      • White Lake
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Douglas County
    • County Website:   https://douglas.sdcounties.org/
    • County Seat for Douglas:   Armour
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Betts   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Betts.
      • Hillside
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Hillside is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
        • Estimated population in 2014: 31 people
      • Corsica
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Grandview ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Grandview is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
      • Douglas City ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Douglas City is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas City
      • Harrison
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Armour
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Delmont
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • New Holland
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hanson County
    • County Website:   https://www.hansoncountysd.gov/
    • County Seat for Hanson:   Alexandria
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Betts   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Betts.
      • Riverside
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Riverside is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
      • Plano
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Plano is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
        • Estimated population in 2014: 104 people
      • Farwell
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Farwell is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwell
      • Fulton
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Maywood ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Maywood is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
      • Rockport Colony
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Rockport Colony is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport Colony
        • Estimated population in 2014: 32 people
      • Alexandria
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Farmer
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Farmer is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmer
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 11 people
      • Epiphany
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Epiphany is located in Hanson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Epiphany
        • Estimated population in 2014: 103 people
      • Emery
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Hutchinson County
    • County Seat for Hutchinson:   Olivet
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Betts   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Betts.
      • Dimock
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • New Elm Springs Colony
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • New Elm Springs Colony is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elm Springs Colony
        • Estimated population in 2014: 600 people
      • Parkston
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Milltown
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Milltown is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
        • Estimated population in 2014: 115 people
      • Beardsley
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Beardsley is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beardsley
      • Clayton
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Clayton is located in Hutchinson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
  • Jerauld County
  • McCook County
  • Miner County
  • Sanborn County
    • County Seat for Sanborn:   Woonsocket
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Betts   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Betts.
      • Letcher
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Cuthbert
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Cuthbert is located in Sanborn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuthbert
      • Ruskin Park
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Ruskin Park is located in Sanborn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruskin Park
      • Forestburg
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Forestburg is located in Sanborn County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestburg
        • Population from the 2010 Census: 73 people
      • Artesian
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Woonsocket
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Betts) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
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